Re:Build a Better Monster: Morality, Machine Learning, and M...
by faitswulff on Thursday April 20, 2017 @11:52AM
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Yet it was unusually popular in America:
> When first launched in Japan by Namco in 1980, the game received a lukewarm response, as Space Invaders and other similar games were more popular at the time. However, Pac-Man's success in North America in the same year took competitors and distributors completely by surprise.
> When first launched in Japan by Namco in 1980, the game received a lukewarm response, as Space Invaders and other similar games were more popular at the time. However, Pac-Man's success in North America in the same year took competitors and distributors completely by surprise.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man#Reception